Polls suggest Democrats will win at least one chamber of Congress in November's midterms, which would hand them committee leadership. They would then have to decide how to handle AI, one of the newest and thorniest issues in US politics.
On the margins of the October 17 protests and the following day, French police were overwhelmed by the number of rioters and looters. The article looks at the robots, drones and AI tools being offered to support law enforcement.
After a five-month investigation, the UK regulator believes Microsoft gains a considerable advantage from bundling its business software. It is considering remedies that could affect Copilot, Defender and the company's commercial offers.
After the October 17 protest, the use of AI to monitor crowds is back in the debate in France. Former national police chief Frédéric Péchenard wants more tools to analyze images in real time, but putting them in place is not straightforward.
Anthropic has reportedly submitted draft legislation to US lawmakers that would allow an AI model to be blocked. The trigger would be an imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damage or 50 people killed or seriously injured.
Using test accounts posing as 13-year-olds, the Tech Transparency Project downloaded 135 apps able to generate nonconsensual nude images. The report comes as families describe students using such AI apps to create sexual content from classmates' photos.